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Brasile
Despite a year of price hikes, Brazil’s Petrobras shares appreciate 27%
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A survey conducted by Economatica platform showed that from January 2021 through January 2022, Petrobras shares increased in value by 27.45%. Despite 2021 having been marked by consecutive readjustments in fuel prices and the change of the state-owned company's president in April, Veedha Investimentos head ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Business pleased the Government is heeding calls for rapid antigen tests to be introduced
But Kirk Hope, chief executive of Business New Zealand says businesses need more clarity on when they can access the tests
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Nigeria
NLNG Seeks Mid/Downstream Regulator’s Partnership To Boost Gas Supply, Investment
Chief executive officer, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, has assured the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) of the Authority’s readiness to partner with towards solving Nigeria’s energy challenges and increase gas use in cooking, transportation and power generation. Ahmed gave the assurance in Abuja ...
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Nigeria
Dangote Group: The Widening Impacts Of A Conglomerate
Dangote Group’s successful and growing businesses have been making significant contributions to Nigeria’s economic growth. The group’s investments in the productive sectors have also served to create high numbers of direct and indirect jobs while reducing the dependency of the nation on the importation of consumer products to meet local ...
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Nigeria
I Have No Case With EFCC Linked To Diezani, Says Ikpea
Business mogul, Chief Leemon Ikpea, has refuted the report in a national daily (not LEADERSHIP) that he is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraudulent transaction with the former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Addressing a press briefing in Lagos, Ikpea, who is ...
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Nigeria
Health Insurance: 400% Tariff Increment ill-timed – HMO
A member of the governing council of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr. Lekan Ewenla, has described the over 400 percent proposed tariff increment and the threat to shutdown the service of private health insurance programme by the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN) as ...
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Kenya
Secrets of the wealthy
Kenya's rich have diverse business interests spanning agriculture, transport, manufacturing, clothing and real estate.
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Turchia
Real sector morale up, but capacity utilization down
Turkey’s real sector confidence index, which is based on business tendency surveys, rose 3.6 points to 109.5 this month, the Central Bank announced on Jan. 25.
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Turchia Grecia
Turkey, Greece economic commission meets after 11 years
The Turkish-Greek Joint Economic Commission (JEC) convened in Athens on Jan. 24 for the first time since 2010. Turkish Deputy Trade Minister Mustafa Tuzcu and Greek Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Konstantinos Fragogiannis co-chaired the 5th session of the committee meeting.
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Giappone Myanmar
Japan's Kirin says Myanmar unit blocked liquidation in Yangon court
TOKYO: Japanese beverage maker Kirin Holdings' said on Wednesday its subsidiary in Myanmar won a dismissal in court to block liquidation by its military-linked partner.